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No. 889,761. y PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

W. T. GON-NOR & G. HESS.

GOAT. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 11, 1908.

' UNITED STATES [PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM 'I. CONNOR AND CLEMENS HESS, OF ROCHESTER, NEW-YORK, ASSIGNORS TO JOSEPH D. STEEFEL, HERMAN D.'S TRAUSS, AND WILLIAM T. CONNOR, COMPRISING THE FIRM OF STEEFEL, STRAUSS- AND CONNOR,

OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

GOAT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM T. CONNO and OLnMENs 'Hnss, citizens of the Ilnited States, residing at Rochester, in the county.

of Monroe and State of New York,'have-invented certain new and useful Im rovement's in Coats; and we do hereby dec are the fol-- lowing to be a full, clear, and'exact descri tion of the invention, suchasfwill enab e others skilled in the art to which it" appertains to make and use the same. i I Our invention relates to improvements in coats, and the object of our invention is to produce a coat, which may be tightly buttoned around he neck, like an ordinary automobile coat, or worn loosely with the lapels down, coats being designed'for the use of,both sexes. I

With these objects in,view, our invention consists in the constructionsand combinations of parts as hereinafter described and claimed. I

is a perspective view showing the coat'tig'htly buttoned around the throat for, useas' 'a storm coat, and Fig. 2,is-a perspectiveview of the upper artof the coat, parts bein bent back. an

collar is not made When the coat is to be worn'as an'ordina'ry coat, and not as a storm 'coat, thefasten ng means g are caused to engage the fastenin means d, and thereby the collar and lape present substantially theappc'arance of an ordinary. coat.. When however, it is 'de-. sired to use the coat as a storm coat, the upper one of the fasteningsjgTis engaged with;

' Specification of Letters Patent. I Application filed. March 17, 1908. SerialNo. 421,740.

as coats are usually worn, such I j :a' plurality of faste In the accompanyingdrawings-+i igure 1 the body of the coat, and

part "of the coat which Inside the part Patented June 2,1908.

the lower'one ofthe fastenings d on each side, one lapel is folded in, and the other is folded across it and secured by'buttons, as shown in Fig. 1. The hookc may then be engaged with the eye f, if desired, but these parts are not strictly. necessary, i

By the construction shown, we have de-- vised a neat appea and well fitting'coat, which can be used eit was a storm. coat or asan ordinary coat, and which-on casual inspection is'not distinguishable from either. We claim 1. A coat, provided with a collar, said collar being fastened to' said coat at the back but separated therefrom atthe front 'for a considerable distance, said coat collar being provided on the outside of its inner fold-with devices, and. the body of .said' coatfbeing provided on its inside just above the lapel with a plurality of fastening devices, any one of which is adapted me gage any one of the fastening devices on the coat collar, saidj-coat bei' provided with buttons and'button holes, w ereby-said coat may be worn. as a storm coat or as an ordinary coat, substantially as described.

2'. A coat, provided with a collar, said 001- lar being. fastened to said coat at. the back but separated therefrom at the front for a considerable distance, said coat collar being provided on the outside of its inner fold with a plurality of fastening devices, and the body of said coat being pro "ded on its inside just "above the lapel'with a plurality of fastening. devices, any one of which is adapted toengage any one of-the fastening devices on the coat collar, said coat being provided with buttons and button holes, the ends of'said collar being provided with fasteningldevices adapted to be engaged with, can other,

whereby said coat may be worn as astorm coat or as an ordlnarycoat, substantially as described.

In testimonywhe reof, We affiX our signatures, in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM T. CONN-OR. CLEMENS. HESS. Witnesses:

' R. BELKNAP, F. Mum-ms. 

